Russian Orthodox Church
Статья
Professor Archimandrite Job Getcha traces the origins and development of Russian monasticism, showing how both its roots and its spirituality are firmly based in the Byzantine Hesychast tradition, and highlighting the particular importance of the Athonite influence. Rather than being a poor cousin of the Byzantine monastic tradition, the Russian monastic tradition has, from the very beginning, been a part of it, bringing forth its own great scholars and ascetics.
События
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russian sent the following congratulatory message to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his episcopal consecration:
События
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message to H.E. Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic, expressing concern over the detention of the abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery of the Annunciation on the Holy Mount Athos. The text of the message is given below.